‘The Dark Knight’ About to Join the Billion Dollar Club

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 10, 2008

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In the world of making money at the box office, the ‘Billion Dollar Club’ is probably the most exclusive of them all. And when I say a billion dollars, I am talking about films that actually made a billion dollars at the box office — none of this ‘adjusted for inflation’ junk. The club currently includes Titanic, which took in $1.8 billion dollars worldwide, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, which took in $1.1 billion and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which brought in $1.06 billion.

And soon to be added that list is The Dark Knight, which currently sits at $992.8 million dollars worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. And according to Nikke Finke, Warner Bros. is saying that TDK is up to $997 million as of this past weekend. And with the studio planning a January re-release to help push the film during award season, it is almost inevitable that it will cross the $1 billion mark. As well, The Dark Knight currently sits at $528 million in domestic receipts, some $70+ million behind the all-time highest grossing film Titanic. While the $600 million mark and the title of highest domestic gross of all-time is a stretch, the return to theaters in January will certainly make things interesting.

On a seperate, but related note, Warner Bros. has begun its Oscar campaign for The Dark Knight online. If you head over to their For Your Consideration site, you can find additional info about the film and download the script.

Do you think that The Dark Knight could cross the $600 million mark with a January re-release?

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Karlis

no oscar of ledger??

Karlis

*for ledger

curt

I hope this wins Best supporting for Ledger and Best Picture. I can honestly say it was the best film I saw all year.

sad4life

with a rerelease it will pass 600 i guess & will reach 1 billion ! although all what matters for me is heath to win an oscar . yes i said win .

C.C.

I never got to go the first time! D:

I'd love to go if re-release plans were realized.

Adolf Hunter

Which one of these guys is a homosexual? I remember one of them was in some smut flim, Bare Back Mounting or something.

Malcolm T Grindhouse

this movie will probably make 1.03 billion dollars in all at the box office that is my prodiction boys and girls.

Mr. Hunter you are thinking of Broke Back Mountain with Heath Ledger you obviously already knew that or else you would never had made that statement

It Would Be lovely if the Dark Knight picked the Oscars clean but lets face it the pannel for the accademy wards are dominately senior citicens and middle aged people who probably dont dig the films of comic book and fantacy

Jay

I will be very disappointed if TDk doesn't win Best Picture. For the past few years, watching the Oscars and presentation for Best Pictures I always find myself saying, "Yeah, it was a great movie, and great to watch. But...how many times am I going to want to see this again?" For me, a Best Picture award should go to a movie where it was great to watch the first time around, and pulls you in to watch a second or third time. Of course, it also needs to be well shot with a good story. TDK is the first movie that has done that AND is Oscar worthy for a long time in my mind.

Mr Sinister

Shoryuken!!

Perspective

If you don't adjust for inflation, then the entire metric is meaningless...

‘The Dark Knight’ About to Join the Billion Dollar Club

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